Michelle - don't let BP issue stop using epogen though in the future - you just need to watch it - if BP goes over 170 or something, you can give norvasc to control BP so that she won't become blind - you can do certain things to prevent it -
If you haven't please read this link - it's mainly for CRF kitties - abut it has a great information regarding anemia.. http://www.felinecrf.org/anaemia.htm _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 12:26 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Lucy--what to do?-- anyone have acemannan?? Thanks, Hideyo. Yes, if anyone has any acemannan-- can I please buy some from you?? If we use it, I don't think we can wait until February. I kind of doubt Lucy will last that long without something to turn her around. her gums are mostly gray, with only a few pink spots, so it is hard to tell. Those spots are still somewhat pink, but it could be from inflamed gums, as those spots are right over the canines. Her paw pads are still pink, though not as pink as usual. No less pink than yesterday, though. But the vet said you can't always tell from gums and paw pads. i asked the oncologist if they checked her reticulite count to see if she is regenerative or not, and he said that they did not and there was no point until they know if she has cancer, because if she does have lymphoma the anemia should respond to chemo (but he does not think it's cancer, so why not check it so we know more if it is not???). He is getting annoyed at this point by my phone calls and questions and acts very curt on the phone. He is not a vet who is impressed by a client having knowledge, he is a vet who is annoyed by it. My local vet is more willing to work with me, but at this point wants to defer to the specialists because he feels they know more than he does. Since Lucy does seem to have a heart murmer now and enlarged heart (which they said could be from the anemia) the point about epogen raising blood pressure does scare me some, and makes me want to try it under a vet's watch if possible. I have been noticing that I can see her pulse on her neck, though it might just be because she is shaved. When her fever was really high her irises in her eyes were also pulsating a bit, which Phaerwyn found could be from a heart problem. So given these things, I am a little more scared about epogen now knowing about the blood pressure issue. Of course, if her HCT keeps going down that will kill her, and epogen doesn't work right away so should be started as soon as possible, which leaves me in a quandary. She ate a few more pieces of dry EVO. As long as she is eating a little bit of dry I am loathe to syringe her. I did syringe her 3 cc's of raw food this morning, probably another cc of it with her lysine pill, she ate a capful of baby food, and at this point probably 20 or 30 pieces of dry EVO. About 10 minutes ago I pet her and, for the first time in 2 days, she stood up to be pet and started rubbing her face on a bag of catnip on her box. I gave her some catnip and she ate it and then rubbed her face in it, and then curled up and went to sleep. I think she feels better when her fever comes down for a while, and that is when she eats a little and wants to be pet more. For the last few days she got feverish only in the afternoon to night; now it seems on and off all day. Michelle In a message dated 1/19/2007 1:28:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Acemmanan might be back ordered - I order for my dog, JoJo a month ago and it's not available until February-if anyone has in their hand, please let Michelle know -- - do you think he will prescribe epogen? Please keep an eye on her gum as if her PCV goes now, you might want to really pay attention to that.
